Complexly fractionated syllogistic quantifiers

Journal of Philosophical Logic 20 (3):287 - 313 (1991)
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Consider syllogisms in which fraction (percentage) quantifiers are permitted in addition to universal and particular quantificrs, and then include further quantifiers which are modifications of such fractions (such as "almost ½ the S are P" and "Much more than ½ the S are P"). Could a syllogistic system containing such additional categorical forms be coherent? Thompson's attempt (1986) to give rules for determining validity of such syllogisms has failed; cf. Carnes & Peterson (forthcoming) for proofs of the unsoundness and incompleteness of Thompson's rules. Building on Peterson (1985), the coherence of such a syllogistic can, however, be demonstrated with an algebra which provides its semantics; e.g., "almost ¾ the S arc P'" is represented as " -(3(SP) » SP)"

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On the logic of "few", "many", and "most".Philip L. Peterson - 1979 - Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 20 (1):155-179.
Higher quantity syllogisms.Philip L. Peterson - 1985 - Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 26 (4):348-360.
Syllogisms with statistical quantifiers.Bruce E. R. Thompson - 1986 - Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 27 (1):93-103.

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